Films worth staying up late for, generally subversive and often with a sinister edge.
Black Dynamite and Pontypool
Black Dynamite
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Scott Sanders; Writer: Byron Minns, Scott Sanders, Michael Jai White, Michael Jai White; Stars: Michael Jai White, Nicole Sullivan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Arsenio Hall, Phil Morris, Kym Whitley, Kevin Chapman, Cedric Yarbrough, Lauren Kim, Bokeem Woodbine)
Blaxploitation spoof.
Exam
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Stuart Hazeldine; Writer: Stuart Hazeldine, based on a story by Stuart Hazeldine and Simon Garrity; Stars: Luke Mably, Colin Salmon, Jimi Mistry, Nathalie Cox, Pollyanna McIntosh, Gemma Chan, Chris Carey, Chukwudi Iwuji, John Lloyd Fillingham, Adar Beck)
Eight strangers are sitting the final exam for a top-level position... but little do they know the stakes are higher than they imagine.
Giallo
(Country: USA, Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Dario Argento; Writer: Jim Agnew, Sean Keller; Stars: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky, Robert Miano, Valentina Izumi, Silvia Spross, Lorenzo Pedrotti, Byron Deidra, Daniela Fazzolari, Luis Molteni, Giuseppe Lo Console, Barbara Mautino, Taiyo Yamanouchi, Maryann McIver, Anna Varello)
As a killer stalks and kidnaps beautiful young women, how far will the local detective have to go to stop him?
Long Weekend
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Jamie Blanks; Writer: Everett De Roche; Stars: James Caviezel, Claudia Karvan, Star, Robert Taylor, John Brumpton, Roger Ward, Lara Robinson, Gordon Waddell, Jude Beaumont)
Remake of the cult horror that sees nature turn predator.
Pontypool
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Bruce McDonald; Writer: Tony Burgess; Stars: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak, Rick Roberts, Tony Burgess)
A radio DJ tries to track the source of a virus which turns people into zombies.
Rule #1 and Vinyan
Rule #1 (Rule Number One)
(Country: Singapore/Hong Kong; Year: 2008; Director: Kelvin Tong; Writer: Kelvin Tong; Stars: Shawn Yue, Ekin Cheng, Stephanie Che, Fiona Xie, Lee Wan, Bill Liu)
Two cops attempt to rid Hong Kong of murderous ghosts.
Salvage
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Lawrence Gough; Stars: Neve McIntosh, Shaun Dooley, Linzey Cocker, Trevor Hancock, Dean Andrews, Paul Opacic, Kevin Harvey)
A divorced mum faces trouble when a military experiment goes wrong.
Vinyan
(Country: France, UK, Belgium; Year: 2008; Director: Fabrice Du Welz; Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Julie Dreyfus)
A couple searching for their missing child find themselves in ever more desperate circumstances.
